Studding shoe



A. H. BLEUEL STUDDING SHOE Nov. 23, 1937. I

Filed Jan. 20, 1936 INVENTOR.

ATTORNEY.

Patented av. 23, 3937 This invention relates to studding shoes, and moreparticularly to a studding shoe adapted to attach a metal stud directlyto a floor.

In using metal studs in the construction of in-- terior partitions inconcrete buildings, two general methods have heretofore been employed tofasten the stud to the floor.

The first and most common method has been to drill a hole in theconcrete of both the floor and ceiling, and how the stud into the twoholes. Drilling the holes consumes considerable time, and is thereforeexpensive.

The second method used is to employ a channel iron sleeper which isattached to the concrete floor by expansion bolts, or other suitablemeans, and attach a similar sleeper to'the ceiling, and fasten the studsto the two sleepers either by wiring, or by the use of a studding shoe.This method is also expensive, due to the cost of the sleepers, andhence has not been used generally.

One object of the present invention is to produce a studding shoe thatwill enable metal studs to be attached directly to the concrete floorand/or ceiling without using intervening sleepers.

Another object is to reduce the cost of constilsructing interiorpartitions in concrete build- 3 Further objects are to produce astudding shoe 0 that can be readily and economically manufactured, andwhich will be simple to use as well as sturdy. I other objects will beapparent from .the following description. 4

In the drawing:

Fig. 1 is a cross sectional view showing a pair of studding shoesholding a stud in place in a i ng.

Fig. 2 is an isometric view of the studding shoe. with a portion of achannel stud shown in dotted Fig. 3 is a plan view of the studding shoewith a channel stud in place, and is a cross section on the line 3-4 ofFig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a cross section on the line 4-4 of Fig. 3,1ooking in thedirection of the arrows.

Fig. 5 is a cross section on the line 55 01 Fig. 3, showing the conicalnail holder. v Referring to the drawing, in which like numerals indicatelike parts throughout the several views, two studding shoes l0 and IIare shown attached to a floor I2 and a ceiling [3 respectively of aconcrete building. The shoes support a stud It in place between them.

v The studding shoes are shown in detail in Figs. 2 to 5 inclusive, andcomprise a plate IS with tongues l6 and I1 punched out and bent uptoward each other to form a clamp adapted to en- 6 gage the oppositesides of the base of a. channel or Z-bar stud l8. The tongues l8 and Hare-of sufiicient width to engage the sides of the stud i8 and preventlateral movement of .the stud.

The four corners of the plate I5 are punched with holes l9, and themetal surrounding the holes I9 pressed upward to form a frustro-conicalprojection 20, with the hole IS on the upper face thereof. Theprojection 20, and hole 19 form a holding member and guide for concretenails 2|, which are used to'secure the shoes In and II to the concrete.

, In use, the stud I4 is cutto length and the shoes l0 and II attachedto the ends thereof. The concrete nails 2| are inserted in the holes ISin the projections 20 and held therein by friction. The stud is then putin place between the floor and ceiling, alined in any well known manner, and the nails driven home into the floor and ceiling. The nails aredriven flush with the plate 45, flattening the-projection 20 against theplate l5, as shown in Fig. 1, to hold the shoe securely in place.

Having thus described the invention, it will be apparent that it issusceptible .to various changes and modifications, and it should not,therefore, be limited to the particular form herein shown and described,but only by the scope of the appended, claims.

What is claimed as new and desired to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A studding shoe of the character described comprising, a plateadapted to be fastened directly to a floor, tongues formed on said plateadapted to grip and retain the base of a metal stud, and afrustro-conical projection on said plate having a hole in the outer endthereof adapted to guide and retain a nail while driving into a floor,said projection being adapted to be crushed by the driving of the nail.

2. A studding shoe of the character described comprising, a flat plateadapted to fit flush on a floor surface and be fastened thereto, a pairof resilient tongues formed on said plate and adapted to resilientlyretain a metal stud therebetween, and a deformable projection on saidplate having means to retain and guide a. nail while driving into saidfloor.

3. A studding shoe of the character described comprising, a flat plateadapted to fit flushon a floor surface and be fastened thereto, a. pairof resilient tongues formed on said plate and spaced from each other andadapted to resiliently retain a metal stud therebetween, and afrustro-conical projection on said plate having a hole in the outer endthereof adapted to retain and guide a nail while driving into saidfloor, said projection being adapted to be crushed by the driving 01'.

